Got to play with my macro lens today

[Kaitou Ace]

Figure that I am stuck in Florida anyway, so I may as well get some use out of my macro lens (Canon Macro 100mm f 2.8)


Mainly went after some insects as there aren't many photogenic ones around in NYC at this time of year.

[Myrra]

OMG! How cool are you??
With that sort of camera and lens, I'd have a lot better pics of my 1mm butterfly eggs and the 2-5 mm caterpillars of which I have yet to get a really good picture. I loved the first pic of the bee. You must also be quick with the eye to catch a quick little buggy as that.
I <3 you even more than I did before.

[wizz-o-matic]

Myrra, believe me, you don't want to know

Anyway, nice photos, I'd just go with a different angle on the first one .... I'd angled the camera more to the left. Last one needs a bit of light, and noise reduction.

[MistressPookyChan]

are you sure you arent one of my coworkers? he is obsessed with his new lens.

I love the snail one, but I would have liked to see a bit more shadow. Don't know what. but I'm a fan of well placed shadows.

[Bucky Katt]

For some reason, I'm obsessed with the blue bug picture. I guess that you just caught it so well against the yellow-green background? I'm not so sure...But the little dew drops? in the background are a tiny bit distracting.

Other than that you've got one hell of a lens! =D

[zyronet]

What is that blue bug called?
The snail looks like its a part of the background.
Anyways.. Nice! Nice!

[.Lovebeat]

Woooow awesome photos! Though I hate insects but anyway... I think the insects are really eye-catching. xD

[*Lady_Kikyo*]

wow those are awsome pics ace, im not so inclined to take somthing like that but im working on it..

[UrusaiSevera]

The one with the tiny blue fly is awesome, because it's such a small part of the picture but it immediately draws you attention.

The others are looking really good as well

[Sobriquet]

Amazing photos you have there. Haha, I really like the blue bug one. Job well done. =D

[Kaitou Ace]

Ah thanks for the feedback everyone ^_^;
I mainly staked out one particular row of bushes and was waiting for the bugs to come to me. The bee and snail were auto-focus, the other two bugs were manually focused and then I moved the camera around for a good shot, and followed the spray-and-pray method of photography.

Wizzy is right about the framing on the bee, but I am afraid both the wind and the insect weren't the most cooperative subjects ^_^; and the bright spots in the bokkeh of the blue fly image are flash reflections in water drops - I need to remove those in photoshop.
These pics are basically straight out of the camera, just resized via picasa, and there's a decent amount of pp that I'd like to do to them when I get a chance.
All these images have EXIF data, so if you have a browser plugin that shows it to you, you'll be able to see the camera settings I used for each shot.